Taylor ISD News

tcrow@taylorisd.org   Twenty-eight years ago, Maria Chavana applied for a job as a teacher’s aide with Taylor ISD. There were no openings for aide positions at that time, so she interviewed by phone with then East Williamson County Cooperative (EWCC) director, Barbara Burton, for a secretarial position in the special education office.   “She called me the very next day and offered me the job,” said Chavana. “That’s when central office was on Twelfth Street, and the EWCC office was in a small portable out back that was divided into two smaller rooms. I was on one side with Jane Crow and Carolyn Ging and we were like sardines in that little room. Barbara’s office was on the on the other side which was just as small. That was the East Williamson County Co-op office at that time, and I liked my job so much that I never wanted to leave.”    Shortly after Chavana was hired, the department moved into the newly expanded central office building. Later, the EWCC moved into the...

By: Ryan Newsom, Taylor ISD student communications intern Naomi Pasemann Elementary librarian Julie Snyder recently taught a very special lesson. When students pick up a book, they seldom notice the authors’ and illustrators’ names, or think about the process of how the book comes together. For this lesson Mrs. Snyder wanted to visually show how a book comes to life, and for the students to be able to see an original drawing from a book in the library.    Frances Hill, a famous writer from Austin, and Vera Rosenberry, an astonishing book illustrator from England, partnered together and created a children’s book called The Bug Cemetery. After the book was published, Rosenberry gave Hill all the original drawings from the book as a gift.   Hill then gave the original art from page 24 - 25 in the book to friend and longtime Taylor educator, Tim Crow. Crow then offered the illustration to Snyder for display in the library where it could provide a learning experience for stude...